Maple Syrup Spelt Muffins

You can tell by the smile that she likes them!

1 cup sultanas

2.5 cups wholemeal spelt flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 eggs beaten

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1/4 cup maple syrup (the real stuff - not that flavoured junk)

1 1/2 cups milk

Preheat oven to 190C

Combine dry ingredients

Add all other ingredients

Mix gently

This makes quite a wet mix

Pour into muffin tins (I use the silicone ones - they don't stick!)

Bake for 25min

I'm so excited! I made crispbreads!

I loves me some crispbreads for lunch. With cheese. Some fresh fresh tomato ... lettuce... pretty much anything.

They sit better in my stomach than bread. And taste so much better.

But the ones you buy ... OUCH - have you checked out the salt?? And white flour. MORE white flour. The world is full of the stuff.

So I tried to make my own.

With spelt flour. And anything "nutty" or "seedy" in my cupboard.

And they are GREAT! Tomorrow I am going to try to make them gluten free

But in the meantime ...

175g spelt flour (I used unbleached of course)

150g oats

75g oat bran or wheat bran

a good dose of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, linseeds (I think mine had pinenuts in it too)

1 tsp salt (I used no salt)

1 tsp baking powder

350ml water

It makes a batter - like pancakes

Line some flat trays with baking paper. Press mix in thinly.

Bake at 190C (fan forced) for 10min.

Cut with pizza cutter into size you want.

Bake for 30min.

Break up crispbreads and EAT!

How easy is that???!!!

Oh - and if you want to keep them in an airtight container for a bit put them back in the oven. 75C for a couple of hours to dry out. YUMM!

Bread.

I love bread.

But I LOATHE what people pass off as bread nowdays.

White. Bleached. No fibre. Bland. UGH. And the SALT!

This is one of our breads.

It is a wheat bread - but only uses whole wheat flour.

Mixed together in about 5 min last night.

Baked this morning. Fresh for Miss E's lunch

Whole grains. No sugar. (It does have a little honey), low in salt. Always with extra seeds (like pepitas, or linseeds)

And it tastes GOOD. It is SO filling. Full of fibre.

This is what real bread is like!

(and yes - it is from Artisan bread in 5 min a day again!)

oh! and here are the pancakes!~

Use it up! Don't throw it out!

Is it just my house? Or do other people's kids eat half a banana ALL the time?

Somehow this morning we had THREE halves of bananas left over from breakfast. (don't worry - they were cut up bananas - not the half that someone had chewed on and eaten.)

I didn't feel like freezing them for banana bread and I needed something extra for lunches ... so 5 minutes cooking (if that) and we had wholewheat banana pancakes!

YUM!

No recipe required. And they are SO sweet and lovely!

Basically I used a good hand of whole wheat self raising flour, a little egg replacer, some milk, and squashed up banana. And a little yoghurt cause that helps it rise.

I was one popular mummy this morning!